"Saving the World One Film at a Time" Film Festival

When: Tuesday, May 20 and Wednesday, May 21
Where: Parker School Theatre

Tuesday, May 20
3:30 p.m. - 4:25 p.m.
Other Side of the Burkha - (PG-13)
This film documents the physical and emotional experience of women who wear the burkha on the southern Iranian island of Qeshim.

4:25 p.m. - 5:05 p.m.
Live Theater and Open Discussion
with YES Exchange Students Zohra Souei, of Tunisia; Saikat Mitra, of Bangladesh; and Jinane, of Lebananon.

5:05 p.m. - 6:45 p.m.
Why We Fight (PG-13)
A documentary exploring the reasons behind U.S. engagement in war, including the war in Iraq.

6:45 p.m. - 7:15 p.m.
Outlawed (PG-13)
This film tells the stories of men who have survived secret detention and torture as a result of the War on Terror.

Wednesday, May 21
3:30 p.m. -5:05 p.m.
Who Killed the Electric Car? (PG)
Follow the introduction, and subsequent demise, of the electric car in California.

5:05 p.m. - 5:20 p.m
Live Theater

5:20 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
Fields of Mudan (PG-13)
Mudan, a young Asian girl, is forced into modern day slavery by a brutal child brothel owner.

5:45 p.m. - 6:10 p.m.
Bullets in the Hood
This film, by a Brooklyn teen, documents gang violence and police brutality.

6:10 p.m. - 7:10 p.m.
Life in Occupied Palestine: Eyewitness Stories and Photos
Lecture by Anna Baltzer, an American Jew and volunteer with the International Women’s Peace Service, on what the occupation of Palestine means and why Israel’s policy and status are deplorable to her.